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“If they close the border, it will be unbearable.” What Russians think about the last open checkpoint

“If they close the border, it will be unbearable.”...

8 hours ago 24

Deputy Commander of Russian Arctic brigades is killed in Ukraine

Deputy Commander of Russian Arctic brigades is kil...

12 hours ago 10

“It's a classic case of scapegoating”. Experts react to Russia’s ban of “LGBT movement”.

“It's a classic case of scapegoating”. Experts rea...

13 hours ago 8

Russia prepares law requiring foreigners to sign 'loyalty agreement'

Russia prepares law requiring foreigners to sign '...

1 day ago 14

Here comes Arkhangelsk, a submarine that will boost the Northern Fleet’s hypersonic missiles capabilities

Here comes Arkhangelsk, a submarine that will boos...

1 day ago 19

BREAKING: Raja-Jooseppi closes

BREAKING: Raja-Jooseppi closes

2 days ago 11

Operation “Tour de Helsinki” became a complete failure, war blogger claims

Operation “Tour de Helsinki” became a complete fai...

2 days ago 11

Across bay from main Russian Navy base could come oil terminal

Across bay from main Russian Navy base could come ...

3 days ago 19

World’s northernmost research settlement gets mobile phone service

World’s northernmost research settlement gets mobi...

3 days ago 9

Svalbard residents on the boycott of Russia, climate change, and search for a new sustainable energy source. Documentary report.

Svalbard residents on the boycott of Russia, clima...

5 days ago 28

No police helicopter for border surveillance amid migrant fears

No police helicopter for border surveillance amid ...

6 days ago 14

Tense at Raja-Jooseppi: Russia sends 55 migrants to Finnish border crossing point

Tense at Raja-Jooseppi: Russia sends 55 migrants t...

6 days ago 14

“Maybe he would be dead already, but it wouldn’t be so disgusting.” Instead of treatment, wounded soldiers from Ukraine war are forced back to the front or persecuted for refusing to fight

“Maybe he would be dead already, but it wouldn’t b...

6 days ago 18

Murmansk Governor says migrants are starting to leave border-crossing points to Finland

Murmansk Governor says migrants are starting to le...

1 week ago 13

Finland closes all, but Raja-Jooseppi border crossing

Finland closes all, but Raja-Jooseppi border cross...

1 week ago 12

Finland asks EU border protection agency Frontex for help

Finland asks EU border protection agency Frontex f...

1 week ago 11

Finland suspects Russia jams GPS signals vital for weather balloons

Finland suspects Russia jams GPS signals vital for...

1 week ago 9

Murmansk Governor: "humanitarian crisis is unfolding on border to Finland"

Murmansk Governor: "humanitarian crisis is unfoldi...

1 week ago 11

FSB arranges transport to the border, motel in Kandalaksha claims

FSB arranges transport to the border, motel in Kan...

1 week ago 14

Northern Fleet eyes six Yasen submarines as Russia approves largest ever defence spending

Northern Fleet eyes six Yasen submarines as Russia...

1 week ago 13

In chilly return to past, Putin names new icebreaker "Stalingrad"

In chilly return to past, Putin names new icebreak...

1 week ago 12

Russia sends asylum seekers on bicycles over Arctic border to Finland in -22°C

Russia sends asylum seekers on bicycles over Arcti...

1 week ago 11

He killed his drinking buddy with a stool and slept with a teenager. A school in the North Russian region of Komi will keep medals of the criminal turned “hero of the Special Military Operation”

He killed his drinking buddy with a stool and slep...

1 week ago 21

Arctic litter-monitoring project launches northernmost GPS capsule in Arctic Ocean

Arctic litter-monitoring project launches northern...

1 week ago 15

Moscow brands Moscow Times a "Foreign Agent"

Moscow brands Moscow Times a "Foreign Agent"

1 week ago 20

No cold feet for Russian soldiers. How warm socks and other products from Norwegian border town help Putin’s war

No cold feet for Russian soldiers. How warm socks ...

1 week ago 22

Migrant flow from Russia moves north

Migrant flow from Russia moves north

1 week ago 15

Soon compulsory in Russian schools: military theory and drone flying

Soon compulsory in Russian schools: military theor...

2 weeks ago 15

Finland closes several border-crossing points to Russia

Finland closes several border-crossing points to R...

2 weeks ago 15

Marines from Russia's 'Kirkenes Brigade' praise pensioner who donated 500,000 rubles to new combat gear

Marines from Russia's 'Kirkenes Brigade' praise pe...

2 weeks ago 13

Finland suspects Moscow uses migrants to stir trouble on eastern border

Finland suspects Moscow uses migrants to stir trou...

2 weeks ago 15

Russian nickel miner wants nuclear power for Arctic plant

Russian nickel miner wants nuclear power for Arcti...

2 weeks ago 13

The last convoy before the big freeze

The last convoy before the big freeze

2 weeks ago 11

Three months after Moscow adopted law on goods deliveries to northern territories, a crisis looms in isolated Arctic settlements

Three months after Moscow adopted law on goods del...

3 weeks ago 17

“We used to discuss cross-border issues with Russians at one table. Now it has stopped.” Reindeer herders in the north of Norway feel left out as cooperation with Russia shrinks.

“We used to discuss cross-border issues with Russi...

3 weeks ago 20

Sámi knowledge helps developing climate policies

Sámi knowledge helps developing climate policies

3 weeks ago 9

Taken by storm, the "Aleksandr Gusev" becomes landmark wreckage on Barents Sea coast

Taken by storm, the "Aleksandr Gusev" becomes land...

3 weeks ago 14

Barge with 350 tons of fuel started drifting in Barents Sea after tugboat broke down

Barge with 350 tons of fuel started drifting in Ba...

3 weeks ago 19

Newnew Polar Bear exits Arctic waters, sails into Pacific

Newnew Polar Bear exits Arctic waters, sails into ...

3 weeks ago 21

Newest submarine launched Bulava missile from White Sea

Newest submarine launched Bulava missile from Whit...

3 weeks ago 9

Defenseless Behind Bars

Defenseless Behind Bars

3 weeks ago 16

Norway launches second coast guard vessel tailored to the future needs of patrol in Arctic Oceans

Norway launches second coast guard vessel tailored...

3 weeks ago 15

Border traffic between Murmansk and Norway dropped after entry-ban for private cars

Border traffic between Murmansk and Norway dropped...

3 weeks ago 16

Few weeks before launch, Russia's biggest LNG project is put on U.S sanction list

Few weeks before launch, Russia's biggest LNG proj...

3 weeks ago 24

Guarding the spiritual bonds. North Russian region of Komi establishes a morals watchdog

Guarding the spiritual bonds. North Russian region...

1 month ago 20

Isolated Russia invites faraway countries to upcoming Svalbard science centre in Pyramiden

Isolated Russia invites faraway countries to upcom...

1 month ago 19

School kids in Severomorsk honour Andrei Paliy, the deputy fleet commander killed in Ukraine

School kids in Severomorsk honour Andrei Paliy, th...

1 month ago 17

Pro-Kremlin activists stage a “patriotic” event near the Norwegian Embassy in Moscow

Pro-Kremlin activists stage a “patriotic” event ne...

1 month ago 15

Arctic Permafrost Atlas offers insights into the North’s changing landscape

Arctic Permafrost Atlas offers insights into the N...

1 month ago 18

Russian Foreign Ministry summons Norway's Ambassador over incident at war memorial in Kirkenes

Russian Foreign Ministry summons Norway's Ambassad...

1 month ago 17